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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Virginia is one of those states that is fairly close to being evenly divided between urban professionals, many of whom commute to the capital, and under-educated rural folks. Fortunately, the former population is a bit larger, and, as time passes and as the bloom falls of the rose for Trump, it would be hard to imagine this jackass in the governor’s mansion.

The allusion to Florida and Texas is very clever.  Both states have Trump-like anti-science governors, and COVID-19 rates that are going through the roof.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

From “The Nation”

“Subverting Justice,” the 394-page report released last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee on disgraced former president Donald Trump’s machinations to overturn the results of the 2020 election, outlines the details of a coup plot that only narrowly failed.

That’s a fact that cannot be lost on any of us, as Trump continues to spin his big lies about the last presidential election, and as he sends ever-more-ominous signals about his intention to run in the next one. The facts of the former president’s sedition, which are now more fully detailed than ever before, should inspire members of Congress and state election officials to act—according to the dictates of the Constitution—to bar Trump from ever again holding public office. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Oh, I expect record turnout, certainly for a midterm, perhaps even topping the 2020 presidential.

There’s so much at stake, and practically everyone understands that.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

There are over 12,000 blog posts here, perhaps 1000 of which contain memes of someone else’s creation.

This is the first one of my own.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

AT&T has always been associated with the ultra-right, at least since I’ve been paying attention, roughly 50 years.

Of course, 50 years ago that meant William F. Buckley and Richard Nixon, not Donald Trump and QAnon.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump will skip the 2024 campaign and go straight to claiming that he won, the former reality-show host has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said that campaigning in 2024 would be “a waste of time, quite frankly, because I have already won that election.”

Asked how he could have won an election that is not scheduled to occur for another three years, he said, “People are saying that it already did happen. A lot of very smart people are calling me and saying that.”

As we all know, humor needs to be rooted in truth.  And, when we think about it, Trump has already shown that the actual vote count is immaterial to how he sees the election outcome.

He was in Iowa the other day with the same old lies, rattling on and on.  Video of some of his fans indicate that they’re tiring of all this, and would like to hear something new.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Wind Energy

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I’ll grant that wind farms are less attractive than open areas of land or sea.

Having said that:

Wind farms are cited in areas with exceptional wind velocities, and no one wants to live with howling gales, and

Wind is now almost 9% of the total energy generated in the United States, and it’s growing every year.  It is being used to supplant coal, by far the dirtiest energy resource, given its CO2, methane, heavy metals, and radioactive isotopes.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

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There are a few things I would add.

Police who use excessive force, especially when a suspect’s death comes as a result, should be held accountable.

War should be used as a last resort, and America’s defense budget should be reduced.  We should lead the world in the direction of the abolition of nuclear weapons, and we should not sell weapons to butchers, nor cozy up to the world’s dictators.

Wealthy people should not use their riches and power to escape justice.

The United States should lead the world in environmental stewardship.

 

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I get the point here, but there actually is an ideology (note spelling).  It’s a blend of selfishness, denial of science, and a cult-like adoration of a sociopath.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

Insofar as I am not a billionaire, it could be said that I have no capacity to say what I’d do if I actually had all that money.

That said, I can’t imagine how unsatisfying it would be to know that I could have ended world hunger or mitigate climate change, but decided to participate in a space race against my fellow billionaires.  Conversely, Dolly Parton should feel very good about her ongoing quest to assuage suffering all around the world.

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